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The impact of major events in the lives of family caregivers of children with disabilities
- Authors:
- MCDONALD Thomas P., COUCHONNAL Graciela, EARLY Theresa
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 77(8), October 1996, pp.502-514.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Examines the family caregiving experience among families with children with severe emotional disabilities from a perspective that recognises the importance of the family's views and feeling. This viewpoint anticipates the occurrence of both positive and negative experiences and seeks to illuminate the caregiving process from the outcomes achieved. Family caregivers of children with severe emotional disorders were asked to identify major pleasant and stressful events that had occurred in the past 12 months. The impact of these events was examined with respect to caregivers' perceived well-being: overall stress, the ability to fulfil responsibilities, and pleasure experienced in various life domains. Implications of the study findings for supporting family caregivers in their roles are discussed.